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Post by Chibi Chan-o on Nov 9, 2007 21:30:49 GMT -5
Why didn't he devote his prodiginess to science or something? He could've found the cure for cancer, but noooo. He wrote the Inheritance trilogy (oh, wait, SERIES).
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Post by Firework on Nov 9, 2007 22:50:09 GMT -5
Why didn't he devote his prodiginess to science or something? He could've found the cure for cancer, but noooo. He wrote the Inheritance trilogy (oh, wait, SERIES). Trust me, chibichan, Paolini is not a prodigy. Yes, he wrote 497 pages by age 17, but that just shows dedication not talent. By the quality of Eragon, it is clear that he is a horrible writer though the fact that he dedicated enough time to write so much at such an age is quite an accomplishment. Paolini is not smart enough to create an actual language like Tolkien, he makes all of the obvious mistakes of an ameteur: overly-flowery language, Gary Stu main character, Mary Sue love interest, and stolen plot. Not too mention he is so arrogant as to believe all the bs about his prodigy talent. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prodigy, Artemis Fowl is a (fictional) prodigy, Paolini was lucky enough to get amazing publishers who made him out to be a prodigy. The fact that Eragon 's sequel Eldest was worse merely cements the fact that Paolini is not only not a prodigy but is also an idiot.
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Post by West on Nov 10, 2007 16:54:46 GMT -5
I can't wait for the thrid book to come out!!! Does anyone know the date?
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Post by Chibi Chan-o on Nov 10, 2007 21:21:26 GMT -5
..... Are you serious?
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Post by historyman12 on Nov 13, 2007 16:02:42 GMT -5
what? the poor guy can't like the series?
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Post by Chibi Chan-o on Nov 13, 2007 21:06:16 GMT -5
I don't see why or how, but whatever......
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Pleading Eyes
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Post by Pleading Eyes on Nov 15, 2007 1:27:26 GMT -5
I don't see why or how, but whatever...... If he likes it, that's his opinion. Personally, I can't stand Naruto. But I have friends who like the series, and I can respect that.
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Post by appacatbus on Nov 15, 2007 1:45:58 GMT -5
Yah. People are allowed to like Eragon.
Even if the series is a travesty against all that is good and holy in the literary universe and everything Paolini makes is a cancer and madness
People can have their own opinions, and I respect that.
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Post by Reikeiki on Nov 15, 2007 18:04:29 GMT -5
Right! Like my friend doesn't like any REAL animes, and she's always talking about cute/hot guys. Sometimes she really acts . . . well . . . 'stereotypical high-school girly' on me, like when she ignored me for two weeks until she got fed up ('cause I just didn't care; if she chooses not to talk to me, who am I to say who she should like and not like?) and she told me it was 'cause she didn't like how I liked anime so much. But I pointed out I didn't like how she was talking about Creigory Owens all the time, and I wasn't ignoring her! Everyone's entitled to their own opinions.
((Sorry. Needed to vent.))
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Pleading Eyes
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Post by Pleading Eyes on Nov 15, 2007 20:09:22 GMT -5
Yah. People are allowed to like Eragon. Even if the series is a travesty against all that is good and holy in the literary universe and everything Paolini makes is a cancer and madness People can have their own opinions, and I respect that. Exactly! See everyone? Kaneda has the right idea.
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Post by West on Nov 15, 2007 20:15:51 GMT -5
^^So are you an Eragon Fan?
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Post by mikael on Nov 15, 2007 20:33:14 GMT -5
Because every story has to be completely original in every way, and if a writer isn't perfect, we have to be jacka**es and post nasty stuff in our signatures.
Am I right, or is that the truth?
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historyman12
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IS IT JULY 14TH YET?
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Post by historyman12 on Nov 16, 2007 19:27:25 GMT -5
^^So are you an Eragon Fan? no she just thinks you can like it. neither friend. I wouldn't honestly care if it was just derivative. hell, I wouldn't care if it was derivative and had the purple prose and all. but why I do care is that it was turned int oan overnight sensation. DESPITE ALL OF THOSE THINGS. and besides, of CM can like it than I can hate it.
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Post by Reikeiki on Nov 16, 2007 19:43:28 GMT -5
Eragon is . . . okay. I mean, it's good and bad at the same time. It's a good story, but I REALLY don't like the author, and that's what makes it bad. You know what I mean? It's just so much of a rip-off. If it was original, it would be really good.
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Post by Chibi Chan-o on Nov 16, 2007 20:05:24 GMT -5
Because every story has to be completely original in every way, and if a writer isn't perfect, we have to be jacka**es and post nasty stuff in our signatures. Am I right, or is that the truth? You're getting it all wrong, You can write a completely unoriginal story and still make it amazing. If someone is a good writer, then I still enjoy the book anyway. But the problem with Eragon is that he took an unoriginal plot and wrote it out terribly.
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